The Sun. — London, England, 1836-05-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is manifest that the time is fast approaching when the Houses of Lords and Commons must come into collision. The Bill for the Reform of the Municipal Corporations of Ireland, passed by the Commons, has been sent back to them by the Lords, so completely altered in character that it may be said to be now entirely new. The Com mons cannot possibly acknowledge the changeling. But the question which every one asks, is—what will follow ? The merest tyro in politics knows 'that the question be tween the two Houses is not an ordinary issue. It would, in fact, be betraying our duty to the public were we to wrap ourselves up in mysterious reserve at a crisis like the present. This is not a difference such as may be looked for from two bodies having the same purpose in view, and exercising an independent judgment on the sub jects under their consideration. The Lords, in destroying Irish Corporations, meant to proclaim to the world that they had finally determined to take their stand against the prin ciples established by the Reform Bill. That Bill gave to the people of England the power of compelling the Government to act in accordance with their interests. It was extorted by an united nation from the fears of the Lords, who ever since have evinced a dispo sition to deprive the people of the fruits of the measure, by opposing themselves to all the reforms and improve ments for the sake of which it was demanded. The de struction of the Irish Corporations is the last stage in the long trial which has been afforded to the Lords. They knew all the importance of the stake for which they were playing ; and the people, who for five long years have borne w,th patience the freaks of their Lordships, watched with intensity their proceedings on this occasion. Before vie proceed further in our observations, it may be of use to inquire into the nature of legislative power, that we may have clear notions on the subject of the present dispute between the two Houses. That power, though nominally distributed into two Houses, is really one and the same, and resides in the Commons. Before the Reform Bill, a majority of the Members of the Commons was returned by certain Members of the House of Peers, through their influence in boroughs, so that no co.'lision between the two Houses could then possibly take place. Since the passing of the Reform Bill, the Peers have no other influence in returning the Members of the Com mons than what they possess as owners of a share of the property of the country. The Representatives are now returned by the great mass of owners of property, f wlifeh a very inconsiderable share is possessed by the Peers. The House of Lords, however, seem unwilling to perceive the real nature of the situation in which they are now placed with reference to the Commons. They con ceive thoraselves still possessed of the power which they enjoyed while the other House was filled by their nomi nees. They blindly suppose that the oligarchical interest can be maintained against the interests of the nation, by two or three hundred individuals nominally possessed of the power which they enjoyed when the Lords commanded a majority of the Commons. The issue now is, shall the nation have the benefit of the Reform Bill or not? It is clear that without some change in the composition of the House of Lords it cannot. No one will pretend that a great nation like this ought to be mocked by the constant frustration of its best founded hopes, through the determination of the Peers to deprive the Reform Bill of its legitimate fruits. The people are fully aware of the necessity of having two Houses, for the benefit of mature deliberation, and the ad vantage of having a second discussion of every measure, conducted by a distinct body of legislators. They have no wish to set aside the Peers : but the very first considera tion is how the interests of the nation can best be promoted, and therefore some plan ought to be devised for so mo delling the Upper House as to place its movements in ac cordance with those of the House of Commons. There must be a community of interest and feeling between the different branches of the Legislature, otherwise Parliament will be a curse instead of a blessing to the na tion. We assume that the difference between the two Houses ever since the agitation of the Reform Bill, is one resulting from a determined opposi tion of principle, and that there is no ground for hoping that any House of Commons, faithfully re presenting the nation, can obtain the concurrence of the House of Lords. Having disposed of this preliminary in quiry, we may now consider more particularly the questions which must come before Parliament in the ensuing week. Besides the measure sent down from the Lords, two no tices have been given in the Commons, that of Mr. O'Con nell and that of Mr. Grove Price. " Between these two notices (says The Morning Post) it may puzzle even such accommodating personages as his Majesty's Ministers to steer." Now, we confess we do not see how Ministers ought to be at all puzzled with respect to these notices. Mr. Grove Price is at liberty to move that Mr. O'Connell's notice be expunged ; but no honest Reformer will support such a motion. Who will dare to proclaim to the people of England, that the welfare of the nation ought not to be held paramount to every other consideration ; and that when the House of Lords has exhibited a constant determina tion to resist every measure calculated to promote that welfare, the reform of the Lords is not a proper subject for discussion ? To support a motion for expunging Mr. O'Connell's notice, would be to declare that the House of Lords ought to ride rough-shod over the country. The House of Commons was reformed because it did not answer the end of its original institution ; and if a project for the reform of the House of Commons was not only entertained but carried, we cannot see why there should be any delicacy as to entertaining a motion for also reforming the House of Lords. The reception Mr. O'Connell's motion may re ceive will depend on the feeling in the House, as to whe ther the Lords have had a sufficient trial, or whether they should have a further trial, that the country may second the proceedings of the Commons ; but to expunge the notice would be to exhibit a degrading subserviency to the Lords. It would be to give the victory to the oli g archical principle, and to declare that the. Reform Bill had passed in vain. We can conceive, however, that there may be individuals, calling themselves Reformers, and also possessed of high claims to the gratitude of the people, so far blinded by at tachment to their order, as to refuse even to allow the question of a reform of the Lords to be agitated. Such individuals may even go so far as to say—no matter what conduct the House of Lords shall pursue, no matter how much the people may be injured by its proceedings— that House shall in no case receive any modification, and any Member of the Commons who dares to hint at the expediency of a reform of the Peers, ought to be punished for I'4. audacity. Should any such individuals compromise their long-established reputation by the avowal of sptiments so unworthy of British legislators, all we can say is, that they ,greatly mistake the character of the British people if they imagine that such arrogance will now be tolerated. We would warn any such infa tuated persons to weigh well the consequences of a step which must deprive them for ever of the respect and regard of the people of England. As for Ministers, they can have no difficulty in deciding how they should act. It is only by an union of all classes of real Re formers that the existing Government can possibly be conducted. Whoever supports any proceeding which must have the effect of producing an incurable di vision among Reformers, is necessarily an enemy to a Reform Government. No man can support the 'no tion of Mr. Grove Price, without thereby meaning to weaken, if not to break up, the present Ministry, and to transfer the reins of power to the Tories. We can have no hesitation, therefore, in declaring that all who from an affected regard for the inviolal,ility of the privileges of the House of Lords support the motion of Mr. Grove Price, arc in heart anti-Reformers. Were Ministers to fall into the snare set for them, the disunion among Reformers would soon effect their ruin. The people of England would not, indeed, long submit to a Tory rule ; hut the immediate consequences of the loss of confidence in the present re forming Government might be disastrous in the extreme. But we will not for a moment suppose that Ministers can fall into so obsious a snare. To be the victims of so silly an invention es that of Mr. Grove Price would indeed subject them to the derision of all mankind. No good Re former Can for one moment believe that Lord Melbourne's Government is in any danger from Mr. Grove Price and his Tory associates.—Morning Much superfluous chatter has been bandied about be tweet' certain of our contemporaries, touching the move ments, motives, and intentions of that somewhat common place personage,: Mr. Edward Ellice, who has lately stowed himself away on board a trading vessel for New York. It is assun:ed on one side, that the Member for Coventry wen t off in open dudgeon—by the other party it is asserted, with a mixture of resentment and alarm, that he only went to visit his Canad;an property. Now we are believers in the dudgeon doctrine. We have strong reason for being satis fied that Mr. Edward Ellice did speculate ion Lord Mel bourne's resignation of office, and did work hard, by his usual med!ods, to procure, as the successor of the Noble Viscount, eiOler—lst, Lord Durham, who, though a clever luau, certainly, • has not the luck to be popular, and would find it no easy matter to gain admission into any Cabinet, still more to make himself the head of a Government already formed, without its being regarded as a signal for the prompt retreat of body and members from under him : Or, 2dly, Lord John Russell, who enjoys still less popularity than Lord Durham, without one tenth of his talent. With these alternative projects was combined a third, more indispensable in the estimation of Mr. Edward nice than eithey%.,Tiliptof pushing Lord Glenelg out of the Coloni4l7 Department, and seizing possession of it himself! Xifourthclause of t. 4 intrigue (but that was in a parenthesis) was, the expulsion of Lord Palm ers t on f rom - the Fsereign-office—because, why ? Mr, Ellice is now ab sent, awl we will not state the reason, but it was one which might h a ve produced something different from smile or dimple in tliAtseighbourhood of the Noble Viscount's whis. kers. These enterprises have one and all failed, to whatcould Mr. Edward Ellice betake himself? Why, to a fit of the sulks, which he varnished over with the name of " indigna tion." " Very well, gentlemen—very well, gantlemen— since you will neither have Durham for Prime, with -- foreign, nor Johnny Prime, with Durham foreign ; and, above all, since you won't give me the Colonies, I wash my hands of you"—" I turn my back upon you" (aside—" my best friends have no objection to that")—" I have a colony of my own, where I can snub poor Gosford with impunity. So, good by to you, gentlemen." (Aside)—" Was there ever such a d—d pack of asses as these Whigs ?" Then, joy be with you, Mr. Edward Ellice. There may be more straightforward fighting between parties while you are away from us, but the game of manoeuvre will have lost the keenest, thou ;h not the most successful, devotee now living —one, indeed, who has seldom outwitted more than a single dupe—viz. Mr. Edward Ellice. Besides the specu lations about the probable motives of Mr. Ellice's emi gration, we are pestered with all sorts of rumours about the Members of the Cabinet. We are not very fond of ' retailing the gossip of clubs or of salons—it is seldom well-founded or important. We are begged, however, to notice what, though we have heard of it for the last fortnight, is asserted to be a profound secret—that Lord Melbourne is to be immediately succeeded by Lord Lans downe, and that the vacancy in the Cabinet is to be filled up by the Duke of Richmond. This may be true ; it certainly is not improbable : but qt,' intim* F We do not say that the substitution of Lord Lansdowne for Lord Melbourne is a change for the worse ; but where is the advantage ? The timid indolence and heavy me diocrity of the first are as little worth as the lazy indif ference and unhallasted talent of the second ; nor is the chance of mischief less, the difference is only in the mode. The rash guide thrusts himself into danger—the timid one suffers others to push him into it against his will. If Mel bourne would be the voluntary ally of the O'Connell de stroyer, Lansdowne would be afraid to decline the alliance, even if he loathed it. Then, as to the Duke of Richmond we believe his Grace to be a man of excellent principle, and, as a consequence, of honourable intentions ; but we have yet to learn that either by his talents, his knowledge, or his personal or political influence, he can add weight to any party. As the colleague of Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham, he acquired importance from their support, and his plain sense and upright character reflected no dis credit on his abler friends ; but, separated from them, he is almost nothing, especially as the separation in this case would imply a forgetfulness or dereliction of the constitu tional principles which bound that party together both when Ministers and on their censcientious resignation of office. Tho " splendour" of his new alliance—if such an alliance is really to take place—will scarcely indemnify him for the loss of old politicel friendships or for the loss of reputation consequent upon a not very intelligible change of principles. Still we do not know that anybody but the Duke himself is interested in the affair, and we certainly do not think, as in a celebrated coalition of former days, that " public safety" requires that we should forbid the bans.—Tintes. Far more ludicrous than terrible, in the eyes of all sober and reasoning Englishmen, are the attempts now making in Ireland, at the command of the chief Agitator, to intimidate and coerce the House of Lords. The folly of the enterprise is great, but its folly is surpassed by the ab surdity of the means resorted to for the purpose of effecting it. Miserably, indeed, must the Barons of England have degenerated from their noble ancestors if they are to be frightened from their propriety by a Dublin Spa-fields meeting—though it might consist of some 4,000 or 5,000 of the idlest and certainly not the most respectable portion of the population of a large city, with a sprink ling of "bludgeon-men to " keep the peace ;" and though enlivened by the efforts of nearly a score of the regular spouters of the Corn-exchange, assisted by the stale trickery of theatrical display, and indulging in the eternal common-places of their tawdry and turgid declamation. How was it that the " patriots" who assembled on that occasion to strike the Lords with awe and prostrate them in humiliation, could not put a better face upon their meeting than it received from the auspices of a Chairman whom their Whig patrons in the Cabinet had discarded from the Commission of the Peace? Of this blot upon the Chairman's 'scutcheon, or rather upon the embla zoned shield of Lord Plunket's patriotism, Mr. Finn, the brother-in-law of Mr. O'Connell, took care to remind the meetin g . He told them that " Lord Plunket had deprived his Lor dship (Milltown) of the Magistracy, and neglected to restore him to it." Whereupon the meeting was strongly stirred up with indignation against the aforesaid Lord Plunket ; for, although they had all met to pull down the Lords, they could not bear that the Irish' Chancellor should pull down a Lord, or, as the Irish rebels used to say, " should kill a Hessian for himself," without their per mission. If Lord Plunket does not take the hint, and re store Lord Milltown to the Commission of the Peace, we do not think his Chancellorship will be worth many months' purchase. When the brother-in-law of the Dictator of the Cabinet speaks in this way, it may be considered at least a demi-official notification of the Dictator's com mands to the Irish Lord Chancellor. If he disobeys, even the shield of Sergeant Woulfe will afford him no protection. But the dismissal of Lord Milltown from the Magistracy was not the only charge which Mr. Finn had against Lord Plunket. Another count in the in dictment exhibited against the delinquent Chancellor in the Court of pie poudre of the Coburg-gardens, was as follows :—" Colonel Butler, my worthy colleague, was even more harshly treated—for attending a large though peaceable meeting in Kilkenny, he was deprived of his Deputy Lieutenancy and the Commission of the Peace, and was not yet restored to it, although he had risked his life by his effoits in the House of Commons to support the Government that had treated him so ill." As public ac cuser, Mr. Finn summed up the whole of the case against the Irish Lord Chancellor in the emphatic sentence, " I consider Lord Plunket to be the very Marplot of the Mi nistry." Thus is the man treated by the legislators of th• Coburg-gardens, whose whole public life, up to the year 1829, had been marked by his zealous and splendid advocacy of the Catholic claims, and whose powerful eloquence had made a greater impression in the House of Commons in favour of those claims than that of any other man that ever lived. But he accepted office under a Ministry of which Mr. O'Connell is the irresponsible chief, and he is treated acecordingly. At this redoubtable meeting, Mr. Sheil, in a multitude of words and fantastic sentences, mus tered one argument, and only one, to prove that the House of Lords should take their instructions in legislation from the orators of the Coburg-gardens. If Mr. Shed is not melodramatic he is nothing, and therefore his one argu ment is to be inscribed on banners of green, and paraded before the astounded eyes of the Lords, with all the pomp and circumstance of a play-house procession. The ap palling inscription is " seven millions." According to Mr. Shiers census the strength of the agitators musters seven millions cf men—fighting men of course—plus 20,000, and thus he makes it out. " There are here 20,000 Irishmen de termined on the assertion of the rights of their country. That spectacle is accompanied by the reflection that there are seven millions beyond the precincts of this spot who co incide with you." Now if you only take the adult fe males, married and unmarried, at the same amount, and if we suppose only fliur millions of the seven millions of Irishmen married, and that each has on an average but half a dozen children—a very moderate allowance in Ire land—we have a population of nearly forty millions of souls within the Roman Catholic portion of the Eme rald Isle! Were Malthus living such news would kill him ; more especially as, according to Daniel, three-fourths of those multitudinous millions are beggars in the last stage of destitution, to whom the provision of a good poor law would be a greater benefit than all the flashy elo quence, niche-dramatic processions, and banners of green, that the orators of the Coburg-gardens can display from this to doomsday upon the stages of mountebank agitation. Would not Mr. Sheil's " raven" be most usefully employed in croaking in the ears of Mr. O'Connell and Lord Mor peth " a poor law for the starving Irish millions ?" Truly is it said by that respectable Roman Catholic gentlem an, Mr. Eneas Macdonnell, in reference to the Dublin Spafields agitation—" this combination of delusive pretences and professions which has been got up for party purposes in Ireland, is a cruel mockery of the people, rendered doubly so at the prese,et moment by the wretched condition of large bodies of them, now perishing,together with their cattle for want of subsistence, while the only relief afforded by their leaders is an harangue upon the principles of Corporation reform." The heartless indifference with which the Irish agitators behold the su ff er i n g s of their starving countrymen, wile they pursue their own course of selfi.h and profli gate ambition, is, indeed, disgusting ; but the people of England know them now, and value their patriotic demonstrations accordingly. The " raven," borne upon the banner of the Danish pirates, was once the sign of ter ror and devastation in England. The raven of the Irish agitator, though it croaks " seven millions," only excites ridicule. If it should ever become else than ridiculous — if the " green banner" on which it is to be emblazoned should ever be flung upon the breeze of rebellion, its fate, like that of its Danish predecessor, will be a salutary one for the peace and civilisation of a beautiful, but . benighted and distracted country. A short quotation or two from Mr. Sheil's speech, as reported in the Ministerial Papers, will show what grounds he and his party have for renewing the career of desperate agitation. In a tone of the most triumphant exultation, he asks—" Do you think it nothing that the whole force and power of the Crown is on our side, police revenue, chairmanships of counties, prosecutions on circuit, Coniniissioncrships and Judgeships? The House of Lords may throw out the Bill of the Ministers, but they cannot throw out the Ministers themselves ; and they who can keep the Government sustained by the people, are sure in the short run to put down the Lords. We have, My friends, the ball at our feet (the compact at Lichfield House, to wit), and Aigh as St, Patrick's steeple, that THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY. MAY 28, 1836. towers above our heads, let it be cast by the impulse which your exerted e nerg i es can i m p a rt to it." The " boys" of Tipperary are celebrated for their foot-ball play, and Mr. Shed is Member for Tipperary.—Morning Herald. The agitators of Ireland—following the example, and obeying the precepts of Mr. O'Connell, the demagogue in chief, the most impudent be g gar of pence and of principles is his Majesty's dominions, the principel ally and main sup port of Lord Melbourne's Administration—are busily en gaged in the tasi be has imposed upon them, of getting up a furious excitement in that country upon the subject of the wise and excellent amendments made by the House of Lords in the Irish Corporations Reform Bill. These per sans seem to think that Englishmen are to be frightened out of their senses, and totally deprived of the faculty of reflec tion, by mere dint of blustering and angry threats. They calumniate, insult, and menace the House of Lords, in im prudent forgetfulness of the fact that the House of Lords has dene nothing but what is fully sanctioned and approved by the great bulk of the well-informed, sedate, and in fluential people of Great Britain, or in the vain and inso lent hope that the British nation is to he terrified and overcome by the empty and silly bluster of mere swag gerers. If the people of Great Britain were not too rea sonable to identify the Irish nation with the foolish and in temperate declaimers who pretend to speak in its name, they would speedily let them know what it is they really ask for, when they demand for,their country an equality of rights and privileges with the other divisions of the united kingdom. The cry of equal rights is a fraudulent and absurd cry. Ireland already enjoys more than that equality which her desperate and wicked agitators so vehemently de mand on her behalf. And, if the heads and the hearts of these worthless agitators were not devoid of all sound dis creticn and all genuine patriotism, they would not be insen sible to the danger that the clamour in Ireland for what are called equal rights, may be responded to from the shores of Britain by the less irrational and unfounded de mand for equal imposts and burthens. There is no injus tice, real or apparent, in the refusal of the Legislature to establish in Ireland Corporations of which the sole busi ness would be to assist one class of the people to op press, tyrannize over, and insult another. But there is, at least, an apparent partiality towards Ireland, in the exemption which she is permitted to enjoy from many of the fiscal burthens to which the people of England and Scotland are subject. The towns of Ireland without Corporations will be upon an equal footing in this respect with many of the towns of Great Britain, which have no Corporations, and desire none ; and in a situation infinitely preferable to that of many of the towns of Great Britain who find their Corporations, reformed as they are, to be mere foci of local feuds—sources of useless expense —hot-beds of political faction—nurseries of vulgar and ignorant impertinence. Does Manchester suffer in its local interests, in its political rights, in the estimation of the community, in its influence upon the march of public affairs, in comparison with Liverpool, because the latter has a Corporation and the former none ? Do the inhabitants of Westminster labour under any painful consciousness of suffering or degradation when they compare themselves with their neighbours of the City of London, because they have no Lord Mayor's gilded coach to rumble in their streets, because Municipal justice is adminis tered to them by Magistrates undecorated by gold chains and furred gowns ; because they have no Common Council, no Galloway, no Pearson, or because, if they have Galloways and Pearsons of their own, the eloquence of the latter does not derive its inspiration from turtle feasts or cor poration jobs ? But if Liverpool and the city of London were relieved of the window duty while that burthen was still sustained by the unincorporated inhabitants of Man ' ehester and Westminster, or vice versa, there would then, indeed, be, not an apology or pretext merely, but sub stantial ground of agitation for that portion of the King's subjects thus invidiously and unfairly distinguished from others. Upon the same principle, if there is to be political agitation anywhere upon the ground that the Legislature with holds rights,. privileges, or advantages from one division of the United Kingdom which it has conferred upon another, the scene of that agitation ought, in all reason, to be Great Britain rather than Ireland ; and its object the removal of the great and striking inequality with which the Legislature has imposed fiscal burdens upon different portions of the empire. The terms of insult and menace which the Irish agitators in the service of Mr. O'Connell and his dependent Administration lavish unsparingly upon the House of Lords, are, we find, very generally accompanied by the menace of a dissolution of the Union. We can tell these blusterers one thing very confidently, which is, that the people of Great Britain will not permit them to repeal the Union, and that any schemes which they may set on foot for so in sane a purpose will be resisted and defeated, from regard to the happiness, and welfare, and peace of Ireland, rather than on account of any distinct and separate advantage which the le g islative incorporation of the two countries has pro duced, or ever can produce, to Great Britain. The Irish demagogues who would urge forward this mischievous ques tion will be restrained in their career, and they will be re strained by the power of Great Britain, exercised not from selfish so much as from benevolent feelings, just as a hu mane man would tie the hands of a maniac whom he saw about to apply a flaming brand to the dwelling in which his own wife and children were asleep. All the declama tion about Repeal, if it be not merely hypocritical, is sui cidal and insane. There is but one man in Ireland who could gain anything by the erection of a Parliament in College-green, and that man, as might be expected, is the selfish author of the project. A domestic legislature it might well be called, for nothing can be more evident than that it would be altogether a family affair of Mr. O'Connell's and the Popish Priests, who would tolerate and assist his rapacity upon the easy and welcome condition that he should diffuse and gratify their intolerance. The rent he is now compelled to beg, but multiplied tenfold in amount, he would then extort from the impoverished people by means of a House of Commons of which he would be the supreme dictator, responsible only to the Priestly authors of his power. The hatred of Protestantism, over which they are now bound in prudence to throw a veil, however imperfect and transparent, would then burst forth in unmitigated rancour and unbridled fury. The unhappy people of Ireland, Catholics as well as Protestants, would at once be the victims. The former would be mer cilessly robbed, the latter unrelentingly persecuted. The rights of property and the rights of conscience would be equally set at nought. O'Connell would revel in boundless wealth, the •Romish Church would luxuriate once more in the exercise of unmitigated tyranny. But, however the agitators may declaim upon the subject, and however they may for a time succeed in imposing upon the ignorant and deluded portion of the Irish nation, the good sense and hu manity of the people of Great Britain will protect Ireland from the horrors of an O'Connell and priestly domination, whether it be recommended by the name of a domestic Legislature, or by any other appellation which ingenious fraud may invent. The Protestant people of England know Mr. O'Connell and the Popish Priests too well to commit the happiness and welfare of their Irish fellow subjects to such hands. Upon these questions the Sove reign, and the nation think and feel in unison. We shall be surprised, indeed, if Mr. O'Connell do not speedily re ceive some unequivocal testimony of the sentiments enter tained towards him by the people of England, and if a similar admonition from another and a higher quarter be not speedily administered to those dependants and adhe rents of Mr. O'Connell who fill tbe places which ought to be occupied by faithful servants of the British Crown.— Morning Post. ROMANTIC LEGENDS OF WA LES.—A new Ro mance, under the title of " The Mountain Decameron," from the pen of a mcst original and powerful writer, is about to appear. It is remarkable, that whilst England and Scotland have found such numerous, and, in several instances, such n an romance,fri thee should legends e n th d interesting lehi therto able and delightful delineators, Wales, which has r ema i ne d , more than any other portion of the empire i n it s anc i ent state, and which abounds %vi th so illustration y n o t m e r st and traditions congenial with its pictur es q ue and magnificent pen t scenery,rendering have r em ain eicti withoutthe of e novelist. At length, however, a master of fiction has arisen, who is likely to turn to account the rich materials existinn. in Cambria, and to render her mountains, her lakes, her val leys, and the strong contrasted character of her inhabitants, as well known and admired as those of Scotland, when displayed by the genius of Scott and Burns. The horse which Lieutenant Onslow, of the Pusileer Guards, rode last week from the Infantry Barracks, Windsor, to Hyde Park-corner and back again in three hours and three quarters, being forty-four miles, was so little distressed that lie is capable of performing the task again with ease. The bet was that he would not perform the journey in four hours, but he had a quarter of an hour to spare, and did not appear fatigued. Mr. Davis, of Eton, accompanied Lieut. Onslow, as umpire, on the occasion. CARRIER PIGEONS:IR the course of a lecture, delivered lately at the Royal Institution by Mr. Mayo, on sensation, when speaking of instinct, he gave the following account of the carrier pigeon :—He stated that the Dutch variety was the most valuable, a pair of the best kind being worth from 5/. to 81. ; this bird is lighter than the English carrier pigeon, and flies nearly as fast again. It proceeds at the rate of 60 miles an hour—a mile a minute —and has been known to complete a journey of 800 miles ; but this, it is pre sumed, is not continuous, but assisted by occasional rest. When the bird is about eight or ten weeks old, the trainer says it begins to run, that is, it flies away for four or five hours ; then its education begins ; it is taken about a mile from its place, and tossed ;it returns. And this manoeuvre is repeated for every day for a week, and then the distance is doubled. After a time it is carried 8, 4. 8, 12, and 24 miles, until it is perfect in its exercises. The bird learns but one lesson : it may carry from Antwerp to London, or any other place, but it will only pass between the two places. It travels by sight. When tossed, it circles, then rises in a spiral, observes its route, and darts off. It will not fly at night, and should the day prove foggy, its arrival will be much delayed, or the bird may be completely lost, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER MEETING, THußsoin Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, with 50 added, for two-year old colts Bst. 51b., fillies Bst. 21b. About three quarters of a mile. 12 Subs. Mr. J. Smith's ch.- c. by Velocipede Cartwright 1 Mr. Walters's b. e. The Prime Warden, by Cadland... 2 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Phillips's ch. f. by Recovery, out of Cinderella, by Walton. Mr. Giffard's b. c. by Priam, out of Forester Lass, by Filho da Puta. Mr. Shelmerdine's b. f. Zillah. Mr. Heseltine's b. c. Cowboy, by Voltaire, out of Dairymaid.. Mr. W. Barrow's ch. f. by Recovery, dam by Swiss—Walton. Mr. Dawson names b. f. by Partisan, out of Liska, by Lottery. Mr. Mackreth names b.' f. ° Craven, by Priam, out of Zephyrina. Betting-2 to 1 agst Cowboy, sto 1 agst Prime Warden, 4to 1 agst the Chat colt, 4to 1 agst Mr. Giffard's colt. Won easily. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 100 added, for three year old colts Bst. 61b., fillies Bst. 31b. T lie second to save his stake. One mile and three quarters. 6 Subs. Mr. J. Gill's Miss Laura, by Lottery Templeman 1 Sir J. Boswell's ch. f. Sunbeam, by Vanish The following also started, but were not placed : Captain Lamb's br. c. Count d'Orsay, by Dr. Faustus Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. Reuben, by Bay Malton Mr. Singleton's b. c. Resurrection, by Young Phantom Betting-6 to 1 agst Resurrection, and 7to 4 and 2to 1 agst Miss Lora. Won by a head. One Hundred sovs., given by the owners of the Race Course, added to a subscription of 10 sovs. each, for all ages. Three yrs old, 6st. 31b. ; four, Bst. 21b. , five, 3st. lthb. ; six and aged, 9st. Two miles and a distance. Mr. Ramsay's b. h. Vestment, 5 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. Turban, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Richardson's b. m. Lady le Gros, 5 yrs 3 Mr. J. Hayward's br. g. Lentullus, 4 yrs CHESS CLUBS of PARIS and WESTMINSTER. The state of the match 'for 50 guineas between the rival Chess Clubs of Paris and Westminster being now much in favour of the former, the Parisians have given an intimation of a second challenge, to be decided over the board—three of their leading players to meet three of the Westminster Club, either at Dover, Calais, or Boulogne. Messrs. St. Amand, Boncour, and Mouret, are likely to be deputed by the French Club, and the Westminster Club would not be at a loss to fur nish a double set to meet this array of force, provided their players can find leisure for the jaunt. There is little doubt of the match being played in June or July. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 26, 1&36. The King has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint Charles Dance, Esq., one of his Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Charles Bague. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 27. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. W. Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hedley, who retires ; Lieut. H. Briscoe, from the 20th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell, May 27. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. M. Clark, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Rose, who exchanges, May 27. 16th Regiment of Light, Dragoons—Lieut. W. A. Rose, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Clark, who ex changes, May 27. 3d Regiment of Foot—Captain R. M‘Nabb, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice A. Stewart, who exchanges, May 28; Lieut. R. Jones, from the half-pay of the 58th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice M'Nabb ; Staff-Assistant-Surgeon J. Law to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dyce, appointed to the 81st Regiment of Foot., May 27. 4th Foot—W. Wilby, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nicholson, who retires ; Ensign J. Potter, from the 30th Regt. of Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice W. Hanna, who retires upon half pay • May 27. 6th Foot—Lieut. J. Benyon, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant, vice Kelly, promoted ; May 27. 11th Foot--Ensign A. Cockburn, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Elliott, who retires ; C. A. F. Berkeley, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Cockburn ; May27. Isth Foot—Capt. 11. Straton, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice T. Colman, who exchanges, receiving the difference, May 27. 19th Foot—Paymaster P. Fleming, from the 56th Regiment of Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Tydd, deceased, May 27. 40th Foot—Capt. J. Kelly, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice L. Bulkeley, who exchanges, May 28. 46th Foot—Lieut. J. Taylor to be Captain, withoid purchase, vice Ffrench, deceased, May 14; T. Martin, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, May 27. 53d Foot—Ensign Hon. St. G. G. Foley, to be Lieut., by pur chase, vice Scott, who retires, May 27. Ensign and Adjutant W. Follows to have the rank of Lieut., May 28. R. N. Phillips, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Foley, May 27. 55th Foot—Ensign W. H. L. D. Cuddy, to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Hope, deceased, Nov. 27. Serjeant-Major T. Gib son, from the 33d Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Cuddy, May 27. 81st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon D. Dyce, from the 3d Regiment of Foot, to be As'sistant- Surgeon. May 27. 85th Foot—Ensign 0. Jackson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Humphrys, who retires, May 27 ; Gentleman Cadet C. J. Colville, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Jackson, promoted, May 27. Ist West India Regiment—G. Wade, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, May 27. UNATTACHED. Major C. G. Gray, from the 44th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, May 27. To be Captains, without purchase.—Lieutenant J. Kelly, from the 6th Regiment of Foot, May 27 ; Lieutenant R. M‘Nabb, from the 3d Regiment of Foot, May 27. HOSPITAL STAFF. F. S. Saner, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Law, appointed to the 3d Foot. MEMORANDUM. The Christian names of Ensign Russell, of the 40th Regiment of Foot, are Frederick Thomas Lechmere Graves ; the Christian names of Ensign Whimper of the 98th Regiment of Foot, are Fre derick Amelius, and not Frederick Augustus. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk. W. N. R. Colborne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, vice N. W. R. Colborne, resigned May 2. • WHITEHALL, MAY 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Busby, of Alnivick, in the county of Northumberland, Gent., to be a Master Extraor dinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAY 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Henry Francis, of Betties, in the county of Suffolk, Gent., to be a Master Extrordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. JOHN HENRY SKELTON, Manchester warehouseman, Piccadilly, June 7, at one, and July 8, at eleven, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Street and Gilbert, Philpot-lane ; Lack ington, official assignee, Basinghall-street. JOHN SIMS and EDWARD SIMS, common-brewers, Glou cestershire, June 7, at half-past one, and July 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street. JAMES SHARP the elder, printer. Leamington-Priors, June 14, and July 8, at two, at the Bath Hotel, Leamington-Priors. Patterson, Russell, and Tomkins, Leamington Priors; Rickards, and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields. JOHN KYMER, merchant, Back-lane, St. George's in the East, June 3, and July 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee; Lang, Fenchurch-street. WILLIAM CHIENEY, horse-dealer, Wood Ditton, Cam bridgeshire, June 7, at twelve, and July 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrlptcy. Alsager, official assignee, King's Arms-buildings, Cornhill ; Carlton, Chancery-lane. WILLIAM PISSEY, draper, Rayleigh, Essex, June 7, at twelve, and July 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gib son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hardwick and Davidson, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside. EDWARD STAPLES, oilman, Castle-street, Oxford-street, Middlesex, June 3, and July 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Pennell, official assignee; Davis, Temple. JOHN COSGROVE, rope-man, Mile-end Old Town, Raven row, Middlesex, June 9, at eleven, and July 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pancras-lane, official assignee ; Dunn, Wordsworth, and Dunn, Threadneedle-street. JOHN BLYTII, miller, Langham, Essex, May 30, and July 8, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Colchester. Foster, jun., Cambridge ; Foster, Serjeanes Inn, London. WILLIAM PICKLES, linen-draper, Blackburn, Lancaster, June 10, and July 8, at ton, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man chester. Makinson and Saunders, Temple; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Norfolk-street, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Leonard, bookseller, Hugely, Staffordshire, June 20, at half past eleven—J. Wright., brush-maker, Stavely, Derbyshire, June 20, at one—lsaac Levi, merchant, Old Broad-street, June '2O. at two—W. Miles, cattle-salesman, West Ham, Essex, June 20, at half-past twelve. In the Country. C. Starling, miller, Knightwick, Worcestershire, June 17, at one, at the Crown Inn, Worcester—W. Shuck, jun., glove-maker, Worcester, June 17, at one, at the Crown Inn, Worcester—W. Landray, printer, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, June 18, at two, at the George Inn, Axminster—R. Hutton, linen-draper ' Leeds, June 18, at two, at the Court-house, Leeds—R. Turner, farmer, Oiler ton, Nottinghamshire, June 21, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, East Retford—H. C. Watkins, brewer, Pendleton, Lancashire, June 20, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—W. Allanson, Blue Boar, Manchester, June 20, at eleven, at the Com missioners' Rooms, Manchester—C. Jackson, boot-dealer, North wieh, Cheshire, June 17, at twelve, at the Angel Inn, Northwich —J. Walker, jun., woollen:cloth manufacturer, June 18, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds. CERTIFICATES.—JUNE 17. T. Thomas, wine-merchant, Southampton-row, Bloomsbury— D. Bretherton, horse .dealer, Manchester—J. Lowe, hat-manufac turer, Union-street, Southwark—P. Green, agent, Stamford-street, Blackfriars. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Bridge, E. Bridge, and M. Bridge, drapers, Marple, Cheshire, so far as regards S. 13ridga—J. Lush and J. Powell, druggists, Warminster, Wiltshire—l. Sherwood and W. Bourne, tube makers, Birmingham— G. Lewington, and G. L. Bellamy, chemists, Oxford-street—H. Talbot and Co., Kidderminster, Worcestershire, so far as regards H. Talbot, sen.—T. Ainsworth, T. Taylor, sen., and T. Taylor, jun, earthenware manufacturers, Low Bensham, Durham, so far as regards T. Ainsworth—J. Fairbank and J. Wood, worsted-spinners, Leuthrop Mill, Thornton, Yorkshire —W. Wiggins and J. C. Street—J. Pyke and Co., bankers, North Devon Bank, Barnstaple—W. Morley and J. Popple, millers, Barton upon-Humber, Lincolnshire—J. Caffrey and H. Barker, tailors, Warwick-street, Golden-square—T. Norris, W. Norris, and J. Norris, brewers, Leamington Priors, Warwickskire, so far as regards W. Norris. Mr. Samuel Oldfield, grazier, of Cleatrop, near Settle, has successfully trieda novel method of bringing up four lambs, whose mothers arc dead ; three of them may now be seen sucking a cow, which regularly comes t o th e little creatures for that purpose at their feeding time. The other lamb he is rearing by another ewe. What makes this circumstance more remarkable is that one of the lambs, being very small, perches on a stool to enable it to reach its adopted mother.— The Agriculturist. The steeple of Headley Church, near Farnham, was destroyed by fire on Ascension day, owing to some chil dren being allowed to have some lighted straw upon the roof. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesierday a young woman named Elizabeth Marsh, and a boy named William Hansard, were brought before Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER, charged with having unstampcd newspapers in their possession. Ellis, the Bow street officer, produced 23 quires of the Weekly Times, which had been made up in two parcels, to be sent by coach from the Saracen's Head Inn, and he stated that the prisoners had been entrapped to take the parcels separately in cabs which he stopped. He did not press for any punishment. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER told the prisoners they had put themselves in an awkward situation. Believing they had been entrapped he should now discharge them, but they would remember that the same excuse would not serve them again. BOW-STI?L'ET. Yesterday, a young man, named Frederick Hawkes Not tage, attired in a dingy white or drab hat, a coarse Brighton beaver coat, and otherwise partaking strongly of what is called the " shabby genteel," was charged with having stolen a suit of clothes from the house of Mrs. Bennet, 32, Southampton-street, Strand. The prisoner, on last Wednesday week, went to Mrs. Bennet's house, and engaged two apartments for a week, and came in about eleven o'clock at night. The servant had placed a suit of clothes belonging to her young master in a drawer in the prisoner's bed-room,' and when she showed him up she saw them safe. In the morning she caught a glimpse of him going out, and having some suspi cion of him from his not having brought any luggage with him, she went up to his room, and found that the clothes had disappeared. Information was given to Mr. Oswald, a coffee-house proprietor, in the Strand, to whom he had referred when he took the lodging at Mrs. Benn e t' s , an d th a t p erson searched for him, an gave him into custody, but nothing was found. It appeared that he had been stopping for some at Mr. Oswald's, who, on being applied to by Mrs. Bennet, said the prisoner had paid him well, and was a young man of very gentlemanly manners. While at Os wald's he represented himself as " Hawkes Hawkes Not tage, Esq.," and said he had been left a very large sum of money by right of his mother, but that he could not take possession of it until he became a Member of Parliament. He said he had attempted to come in for Southwark, and he had now great hopes of succeeding to to the representa tion of South Essex, of which he was a native. He never returned to Mrs. Bennet. The prisoner said he knew nothing of the clothes. His maternal connections in Essex were of the highest respec tability, and he was a lineal descendant of Thomas Hawkes, the first martyr. Mr. MINSHULL said he must remand him, and lie was remanded till Tuesday. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of last night.) SUGAR.—There has been more business done in the British Plantation Sugar Market, particularly on Wednesday, which was the first day it opened after the holidays, fully 500 hhds. having been sold on that day, and prices have generally ad vanced since last Friday on all descriptions fully 6d. per cwt. New middling grocery Demeraras, just arrived, sold at 655., but for some of similar quality 645. 6d. to 655. was offered and refused; Jamaicas, good and fine, have fetched 68s. a 705., middling 665., good brown 645. a 645. 6d. ; Tobagos, mid dling and good, for the scale 645. 6d. a 655., mixed of the new crop Sys. The public sale of 130 hhds. new Barbadoes per the Fortitude, went off readily; the fine sorts at extreme rates, the middling and good qualities at an advance on the prices of the last sale of 6d. a Is., middling to fine, selling at 675. 6d. a 695. 6d. The sales for the week are 1,100 hhds. and trs. Fine Barbadoes sold by private contract at 71s. MAURITIUS.—There has' been a brisk demand for Mauri tius from the grocers by private contract, and stiffer prices have been obtained ; no public sales have taken place, but 5,000 bags are advertised for Tuesday, and 1,600 bags for next Wed nesday, being part of the arrivals of this week. Emu' INDIA.—The demand for East India has been con fined to small parcels of Bengal at former rates. FOREIGN.—AII sorts of Foreign are still much wanted, fine new yellow Havannah at 41s. a 425., and good strong white at 535. ; 535. paid for 260 chests good strong white Havan nab ; old yellows of inferior quality are still held for 40s. MOLASSES. —The Market for West India has been firm ; 100 punt new Demerara good quality sold by private contract at 295. a 305., but 321 puns. and 48 hhds. new dark St. Vin cents at public sale were all bought in at 30s. Parcels of De merara are again reported at 295. and at 30s. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The prices of Rum re main firm, and Jamaicas are scarce ; the Government contract for 75,000 gallons, to be delivered at proof strength, was taken yesterday afternoon by several parties at about 2s. ld. a 2s. 2id., the average of the whole was 2s. 21-d. for proof strength, being ld. per gallon under the rates of the Market. In Brandy little has been done. Geneva is steady. The de mand for raw spirits has been extensive ; 10,000 gallons proof Clark and Keeling at 2s. ld. 15-16ths, and 12,000 S. Lan caster, 2s. 2d. 5-16ths, from out-ports to Deptford • 8,000 gallons proof, John Mathew, 2s. 2d. 2-3rds ; 5,000 R ucke 2s. and 37,500 gallons at 2s. 20. Total 72,500 gallons. COFFEE.—The grocers being again in want of British Plantation Coffee, has occasioned a great deal of inquiry, but owing to the Market being bare of Jamaicas, the arrivals this week, amounting to 1,109 packages, have not yet been brought forward : the purchases have necessarily been confined to small parcels at fully former rates. There have been no public sales of East India; the Market for Ceylon is still in an unsettled state ; the demand was confined to small parcels by the Gro cers at 535. Three vessels have arrived in the river with up wards of 2,000 bags, the owners of which are trying to get them admitted at the 6d. duty.—Mocha remains steady in price, and there has been a brisk demand at 58s. for ordinary, and 665. :a 645. for middling.—Samarang has been much in quired after at 48s. 6d. a 495. for fine, but there were few sellers at these prices.—No public sales of. Foreign have oc curred ; there has been a brisk demand for St. Domingo ; the sales are about 1,700 bags at stiffer prices, 500 bags of which consisted of good ordinary pale bold berry at 555., and the re mainder low ordinary at 54s.—There is rather more doing in Brazil, and the prices remain firm. There were no public sales to-day of Plantation Coffee, and little was done by private contract. _ _ At auction, 258 bales Mocha, of old quality, imported in the years 1831 and 1833, all sold at full prices, mid. to good mid., not quite clean garbled, went at 775. at 795., very good 87s. 6d., rather ordinary mixed 655. a 675., rather better 70s. a 725. 6d., very high prices. COCOA.—Arrivals of the new crop of West India have be gun to come in freely ; there is still little doing. The go vernment contract for 40 tons Brazil has been taken about 455. per cwt. OlL—There has been but little demand for common Fish Oils during the last two days, owing to a public sale of 200 tuns being announced for the Ist June ; but owing to the scar city of pale Seal, the stock in London not exceeding 50 tuns, and that held by one house, an advance on last week's rates of 40s. is required, 43/. being now demanded. Sperm has again advanced, 771. a 78/. paid, and the demand continues brisk ; the chief part of the cargoes to arrive this season have been sold; the business doing is chiefly for speculation. Owing to the immense arrivals of East India Linseed, upwards of 36,000 bags having arrived since this day week, Oil has declined to 40s. 6d., and is still neglected. Rape has improved 6d. a Is. and in better demand, ready buyers at 475., but no sellers now under 475. 6d. a 48s. TEA.— The market, since the conclusion of the late sales, assumes a firm aspect. Hyson Skins and Twankays of the low kinds hare been taken off freely, and also Fukien Boheas. The late large arrivals have not produced the least effect upon the market, for there has been a good deal of enquiry and :),d. advance paid on the prices of the public sales for fine Congous. METALS.—Extensive sales continue to be made in Spatter, both on the spot and delivery, at 241. English Tin is in brisk request for the hame trade, and prices have again improved. In manufactured Copper extensive sales made this week. Rim—Bengal Rice has been in brisk request for shipping at former rates, 14s. 6d. paid for good quality, rather broken, and 15s. 6d. a 16s. for fine bold, the arrivals this week have furnished the market with an ample supply for the present. CorroN.—There is still a great want of confidence in this article, and which has been further increased by the late heavy arrivals ; the trifling purchases this week are at former rates. The sales are only 40 bales Bengal of ordinary quality at 50. per lb. FRUlT.—Currants of all descriptions have been in brisk re. quest—there has been rather more doing in Raisins. LAC DYE.---The demand continues brisk, principally fur home consumption. Woot.—The numercus orders which have arrived this week from the American markets, for manufactured woollen, has occasioned a great enquiry after wool, but the demand has been in a measure checked by the smallness of the quantity offering for sale. There has been some arrivals from Sydney, in all about 600 bales of the new clip, and which will shortly be followed by others ; public sales of which will take place in the middle of next month. TOBACCO.—TheTraCiehave bought sparingly, and for ship ping nothing has been done. HOPS. —The market remains dull. SALTPETRE. —The Market has been quiet all the week, but prices have been firm; about 80 tons sold at 295. a 315., and one small lot of fine at 325. COCHINEAL. —There has been a good demand for this article for shipping, principally for the St. Petersburg Market, at former rates; silvers of mid. good quality sold at 7s. 4d. a 7s. (id. TURPENTINE.--Parcels of rough Turpentine offered at 165., but no buyers above 15s. 6d. Iranoo.---.There has been a good demand fer East India Indigo, partly for shipping. PROVISIONS.—In Irish Butter there has been nothing done ; at Liverpool a decline of 10s. per cwt. has taken place. There has been a good demand for Outch, but importers have been compelled to give way in price to the extent of Bs. a 10s. ; Friezland selling at 78s. a 80s. ; Holstein 765. a - 78s. ; other sorts from 725. a 745. English is 2 s. che a p er. N ew Scotch is selling at 765. a 80s. The Bacon Market has become quiet ; the prices remain firm. Lard and English and Irish Hams are held for full prices. Foreign Hams are considerably lower. Scotch Pork sells briskly at 40s. a 525. Foreign and English Cheese rather doarer. TALLOW.--There has been a brisk don and kr Tallow, and prices have improved 6d. a 9 d, si t noo lass Friday, 435. 6d., 435. pd, and 445. paid, even at the latter price holders arc not has been done, and quotations have advanced 61., a 459. now generalist sellers ; for forward delivery a g 61. a rea l deal 455. 9d., and at 465.. there arc but few seller A. SPICES.—There his been a brisk demand for Ca;aia Lig neat 665. paid for middling. There has been a steady de mand for Pimento at full prices, from 41. a 44d. no twithstand. ing the arrivals o f 2,100 b a gs, and la-ge quantities near at hand. The large arrivals of Pepper , amounting to 100° packages, have not produced the least effect upon the mar ket, prices remain firm a t 4A-d. to 4.11. At auction 104 bags good heavy Malabar went at 411. a 411. Nutmegs are rather cheaper; at auction 74 packs offered, only 3 lots found buyers at Gs. 9.1. for gool bold browo Nuts, and 1 lot ordinary sa. sd. per lb. In Cinnamon little doing. PRICE OF BREAD. The hieheit price of Bread in the ~ - Ictropolls Is tbr the 0. iPlf rhere are otherb who sell from a hair-peony to three half..pene, Wow that rate. PR. The Average Price of Brown lC E or OF Ntwro SUGAß vrtio Snit3r, ro miinten fr crri do the Rcturo made iti the wrek entliti4 the tOll day al MaY. I ' 36 ' I 4+k. 51:1 pet !Nikkei Wp ylit, ekelkievt• ot the uties Ci al onnto pn'tl a payable th ef e on on the ItniPittation thereof into f;reat PRICE OF S Per Cwt EF.1)8.—M3y;9.7. Per (Mader, St. Foie 4s :114s. 425, flye Grass ..lSs •:.'ts. 345. Fey Grass ............... —1 18.. .p.. Linseed, for reeding ...s'is Ms. ' fl4 Ditto, rm. sowing. ........ —s. —s• - - s. Ditto, for crushing...... — s Oi. 9 ,' 4 ' C anary —s 41s 50s. Hemp —ss 445. 50s. Per Bushel. 'White Mustard...... :'s. 04. tis. ti.l. Brown Ditto Tares 3s NI. !is. N.. t , 33 , :75 New Englis!i itt,i ChWersls. Vs ells 014 Ditto Ditto —s —s —s New Foreign Mao l4. 50s. 60s. 0 d Ditto Ditto —.9 ....s. ---13. New White Clover 5 s 603. 70s. Old Ditto Ditto. —4 —i. —s New Tretbil Lis I9s. 2's. Oict Ditto -..4 19.1 his 'fretblium 'his 3's 354 English Carraway Foreign Dian —s 4 , 4 s 56s Coriander —s Uls Its 1 Rapeseed„ English tine twer Las Pli 11.:ES OF HOPS —May 27. Fart ib ant • 'iti- ket. (p r cwr.) PI. Os. 01. Os. to 111. Os. K-i. l'ockcts ..... Choice ditto Kent Bags 3 , 15.. 5' Os. to 6 (:;" Suss:m Pockets _ ti/. Os 41. Or to 4 11 " Superfine ditto ... 01. Oa. 4!. llqi., to 5 ll' WLi ITECILA H:\Y HARKET.--114ar26 Hay Straw %h. to 345. Zs d. to 105 4 Od, PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITA LFIELDS. York Reds (from vessel) Ol. Os. to 5/, Os. per ton. Scotch Reds ditto . a/. Os. to 41. Os ditto Cminon Reds ht. Os. to 41. Os. dittu Marsh Champions IL us. to 41. ss. dirce Shaws ') los. to 31, `Os. eitto Middling 11 .:53. to 21. 10s. ditto Chats ll. 10, ti, oi. 0,, ditto _,...... PR It.:E OF pIL Rape Oil, brown, per ton, stir Os —ll o `... ll ed, 4S'. Os.—Linseed Oil, 421 1 1: Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, i 1 n ',..) , 10 , . Oa—Rape Cake, per tor. 5' ..tIOES OF LEATHER. So d Crop Hides. 92, Per 11 .. d. to d. Per lb. d. ----- to 40lb each 121 Itli I Horse Hides, German ...... 1 4 , 4 _-_4 l ) si) 12i 15 Spanish------ ...... 1 7 , 2 / . ..---__.-50 ho l4 17 CalfSkins,3o to 40Ib.(doz )•I5 24 Bull Hides j '2,1 ' 24 . Butts, Vitriol - -- 50 110 ,2,1 English .... IS 3 -----70 100 *ll 15 toreign Foreign Hides lO 12 sma ll lli p; Dressing Hides 4 Shaved .... 15 W B as il s 7 l et Best Saddlers Hides I' l Horse Hides, English • If rounded 2.1 to 40 per lb more ___.---*". PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow 51,1ters) 2s 8% PRICE OF TALLOW Town Tallow 49s. 6d. Yellow Russia White —4. Dd. Soap Ditto s Od. Melting Stull' Ditto Rough 23s. fid. V, SOAP, &c per 1121 b. 0 Yellow Soap Mottled —s. Vi ll. Oa Curd —s' 4 l )d. Graves 1 ss. li d ' Good Dregs PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Candles in the Retail Shops is as folloir6: -- Candles, per dozen, is. Od. ; inferior, 6s, ifd.—Moulds, Bs. (4. Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. COAL MAR Per Ton. a. d. Bensham' l6 6 Rnte's;lanfield Moor l6 0 Chester Main l7 6 Felling Main l6 6 Gareslield Holywell lB 9 Leaze's Main Ord's ltedhugh l5 0 1 'Penfield l9 9 1 Townley l7 0 West Hartley Dixon's Butterknowl l7 0 Cowpen l7 9 Ships arrived since , KEE—May 27. Per Ton , a. s. Hartley _ 19 0 , 7 , Howard's Netherton Main 0 Llanelly Main ‘ 1 ,7 Walls End Gosli)rth 0 19 Walls'End Walk er .20 9 Walls End Braddyll' s Walls End Haswell . .... Walls End Hetton 9O 0 Walls End Lambton Walls End Stewart's 19 Walls End Gordon Walls End Tees 1 Walls End Devonshire ast market-day, COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURIN THE WEEg- Per Quarter. 1 Wheat. Barley. oats. Beans. re Bse _... Ashburn 50 54 30 33 22 28 44. 46 40 Basingstoke 44 58 28 35 20 27 40 42 38 Bath . 44 53 28 32 22 28 36 44 42 , e Bridgewater 48 56 22 26 20 25 32 34 42 Bristol 4B 56 23 32 16 20 34 28 Chesterfield 46 52 34 40 2.1 28 4.1 46 Derby 50 54 28 40 25 28 40 44 Doncaster 26 40 30 40 20 28 36 42 Dorcbester 69 30 21 40 36 42 24 28 16 18 36 44 48 57 30 36 19 32 36 44 40 46 Hunget ford 32 55 22 36 19 26 32 49 34 Leicester ~M . 37 29 24 31 36 60 28 36 16 30 31 38 34 Remsey 36 46 26 30 18 22 3R, 40 Shaftesbury 54 25 _ 41 Simplon Mallet,,,. 48 54 32 37 22 26 39 4 ,; •••• Sherburne— 34 40 24 32 28 4 14. 36 4 0 45 20 —. 18 --- Yarmouth—. 41 46 23 32 23 25 34 36 Yeovil —.. 39 40 28 30 8 26 36 39 Per Bushel. ...it. s. d . a. CI. a. 0 a.. 1. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. (I. S. 0 Shrewsbury ... 7O 74, 4 0 441 3 8 44 00 00 00 0 BIttIvIINGRAD Wheat, 62 lb. Barley, imperial quarter Do. Grinding, 49 lb. Oats, 39 lb Old Beans, New ditto New White Boilog Pease, Ditto Grey ditto CORN MARKET, 7, May 26 ... 6s. 3d. to 7s. 441. 32 6 38 0 ... 3 2 3 6 •26 3 8 16 6 18 0 ~. 14 0 14 6 15 0 16 14 0 15 01 3 imp. bush. SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, MAY 27.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived from the Pi e ,. - and remai ns t h e J ane Eli za, J ones, for the South Seas. , 1 rived and sa il e d f or t h e r i ver t h e W ater Lily, Hart, frorat";: maica, A rr i ve d f rom th e r i ver an d proceeded the Zeryd Speirs, for Exeter ; Regulus, Furret, for Bermuda; 8 " Fame, Pavis, for the Cape and Batavia. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 27.—Wind E. to S.E. PLYMOUTH, MAY 26.—Wind E.—Sailed Le Fett er, Schultz, for Memel. A r i ea FALmourll, 26.—Wind E., strong breezes.— Ain, the Royal Tar, —, from St. S e b ast i an ; and Mary "-nd Taylor, of Liverpool, bound to London, w ith d a mage - a t leaky, having be en i n contact w i t h a D utch galliot. 0111)" the Orion, Wilson, from Bardoes ; and Argo, Philadelp l ", s ' n , DOVER, MAY 27.—A rr i ve d o ff port the Margaret, Bus'" from Antigua. vso HASTINGS, MAY 27.—Arrived off port the Dung° Castle, —, from Santander. MEGAVISSEY, M AY 26.—A rr i ve d o ff port t h e L or d 7 , 7p1f O O P ---, from Lisbon. LONDONDERRY, M A Y 25.—A rr i ve d th e F ame, TUDOCIO frog' London ; and Silure, —, from the Canaries. HULL, MAY 26.—Arrived the Henrietta, Wismar, Riga' The Albertina, Cedeberg, from Stockholm to New IC(1r" has arrived at Stornaway, leaky, and must discharge. into The Albany, Burdes, laden with lime, grounded going Wick the 22d instant, sprung a leak and took fire the 234• LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 26 ; 1e r We have had 4,000 bal es o f co t ton so ld to -d a y at sinilic prices to yesterday—vi z ., 100 E gypt i ans , 17d, ; retna' A n- American, from 94d. to 114 d., with a good steady dem an ."LJ LIVERPOOL, T IIURSDAY the Augusta, from Stralsund ; the Fortuna, from St. Pe" rs° burgh. WEYMOUTII.—The influx of mackerel still col" tinues to be abundant. DOVER, MAY 26.—Thi s morn i ng his Maje st j:i ' , packet F erre t came i n t o t h e roa d s, an d l an ded the Duke 1 ' ham of Brunswick and suite, Who went to the Ship 11°te : where, aft er a dejeuner, they set off to London in three cot_ riages. His Highn ess was sa l ute d on hi s arr ival and departt?; by the guns at th e h e i g ht s . Th e Ri g ht Hon. Mr. H e ' ll came over in the sme packet. At a meeting s of the Dublin Corporation on Fr,i aa ; a contract was signed for the restoration of the statue o r m_o bj William. The price is to be 218 L, and the statue is t° completed before the llth of July. , an CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday aftern„—u et, inquisition was held at the Red Lion public-house, York-stlel St. James's-square, before Mr. Higgs, on view of th e h°4 al Captain Richard Stephen Tomkins, aged 45, late o f the itcs'Yseg Navy. It appeared from the evidence of several wit" • e that the deceased on Tt. urs d a y afte r noon last was seen wallt_l°ol up Charles-street, St. J a mes's, and on arriving at the cora rco, the street lie staggered, and fell on the foot pavement. a to II veral persons ran to his assistance, and he was conveye d ego surgeon's, where he expired within two minutes af ter. ibe was a small cut on the back part of the head, ca used. by ,e., fall he received. The Jury, after a short consultation, ' turned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of ( A DV ERTISEM ENT. ) DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES ANPlDatedFopßis';iw.Se_•,. Plain Ivory bandit's, silver ferrules, per dozen pair.S. t .. e z e 3 l A su l 9 B ". • , , e. 9 Carved ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair 3 I ‘,' 11 11 Plain pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair.— 4 I 12 12 Carved pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair 5 0 :c i 4 14 King's pattern or Queen's pattern, silver handles ... 6 16 Corte T. COX SAVORY, Working Gold and Silversmith, 47, hill, L B. ondon. Good s ' N. A detailed list of th e p r i ces o f Silver Plate , Plated &c. may be had gratis. 117'II. daug hter. On the 25th in s t., i n Ebury- 1 street, Mrs. J. Cary, oi, Wa ° r } t i r: ck, Esq., inst., at St. John's, MARRIED Hackney, Harry, son off re3plit, Bullo -he 26th of o fi f a L c e k e n , ey Ke g n ro t, vo to . Sarah, eldest daughter o On the 26th i ns t., at Che - am, the Rev. Edm,-And DeWickhain' to Emma, only child of Archdale Palmer, Z s q. , of C aw heam Pa r " Surrey. DIED, On the 24th inst., aged 45, Richard, eldest son of the late Sant. Wells, Esq., Walworth. On t e 23d i ns t., at Tulse,bill, Louisa, wife of Mr . T. Cha rlton, . of Doctors Commons. On the ' 25th inst., at Downing Lodge, Cambridge, aged 60, Liam Frere, Master of the College. On the 96th Al inst., aged 6 3 , /llr. Thomas Herby, East India -road ' Poplar, YOUR e of London : Printed and Publish ed by MUR DO 112, Strand, at The Sun Offic e, No. 112, Strand, t h - of Middlesex.